cheese chicken

[hobsonbear]

my indian takeaway tonight was called 'cheese chicken' on the menu but 'chess chicken' was written on the carton.  it was chicken pieces in a tomato and onion type sauce and not hot.  does anyone know where the 'cheese' bit comes in?

cheers

[mr. piper]

you will no doubt have had the cheese in the form of a cottage cheese that would have been in the sauce.

[Jules001]

There is a type of cottage cheese that is used quite a lot in Indian cookery called Paneer, although it is more solid than the cottage cheese we buy from supermarkets and is able to be cut into cubes.

[Trillipse]

you'll also probably find that a lot of really good indian restaurants (much like italian, chinese, french etc etc) in this country, have great specialist chefs (and indeed other kitchen staff) whose english might not be as fine-honed as their culinary expertise. While working as a chef abroad, although my speech was understood, my written language was justifiably ridiculed (as was my dress sense, hairstyle, dentistry, hygiene etc, but that's a matter for my therapist now)

and so, to cling to my last scrap of relevance to your question, the "chess chicken" may have been a simple cultural spelling glitch. Aren't you glad i answered?

[Dom Tuk]

Dont be too enamoured by names. In India you get chicken popcorn.....needless to say there is no popcorn in it...its just a gimmick. like a drumstick!!

[ursula62]

When making paneer, there is whey left over. Indian chefs often use this in sauces as it is very nutritious. Perhaps your sauce contained whey?